Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f73edd9b66f85b0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:19:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 89670af731b6e7ec7e58bf8a94dcf1a8 SHA-1: a02614e40a438c1aa4cf38b051c3bb0408447616 SHA-256: f73edd9b66f85b0d8393a48a31ce4744742508b40f588b5ae03a8ab11a5e6db7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and link farms, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution tool. The embedded URLs are designed to lead victims to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6jvh4fj82oerdqsv0vodcdt5f/11445013427.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/mijipusozaxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tbicoko29hmdcselbknnkvn04/kisemin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f34857512be84a5d355d991e8000be0c/8940511483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paglialonga.it/userfiles/files/tapigikezefaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vv4u7ovss9vr7os8j4n79nkam/zilipigadedevozidamibusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852c6f588db---31842814982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/dozujepimapamur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caefe1bf0cb904806fbb0f084f9817ae/tibaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161127a402e794---60960373949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090875d43091---fozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/51277604383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quimicasorocolor.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesubunumivujevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef4a310f72---84825476388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taipeitccia.org/CKEdit/upload/files/dobijimulusesagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamap.in/ci/userfiles/files/90634603075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/wekaxelefimaripabefufid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/34831355733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/tefidifelevuliwupuzapiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/23592242080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1638953589f6da7c994c3f7cbbf4b8f/vinijujotizifapebisasadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/78046469723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel2.com/contents//files/vovimevabove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medeeatour.ro/mm/file/37510099740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/40931009185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://influences-vegetales.eu/assets/Image//files/nabemelomakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+most+popular+line+dancesPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE25 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 2f0311a88615eca850322f72eb23f8bce46cb1791af4568ff18eb4db2a5f683d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f71b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF71B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2D 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 9ce28d30ec9bb757b0301e230851c17725c585d2c5ca916c562df281b5631266